[f. prec.: see -Y.]

1

  1.  A method of representing shorthand characters and outlines by ordinary type-letters.

2

1891.  Century Dict.

3

  2.  a. The art of using the stenotyper. b. Typewritten shorthand.

4

1899.  Daily News, 19 July, 7/3. To read stenotypy the eye must learn a new style of type.

5

1904.  Daily Record & Mail, 9 May, 4. The London Chamber of Commerce (which has included stenotypy in its syllabus as a special subject).

6

  So Stenotyper, a shorthand typewriting machine. Stenotypist, one skilled in stenotypy.

7

1898.  Business Lett. in Stenotypy, 2. Instructions for using the Stenotyper. Ibid., 19. A thoroughly capable Stenotypist and typist.

8